People and Culture

The Netherlands: Small Country, Big Ideas

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Endless beaches, towering dunes, and towns full of romantic canals — the Netherlands offers landscapes that seem straight out of a postcard. But there’s much more to the Dutch than picturesque scenery.

The Netherlands is a hub of bold ideas and creative thinking about the future — ideas that are truly “lekker,” as the Dutch would say.

The documentary meets people passionately committed to protecting newly created nature reserves, cycle path planners working to make traffic safer, and architects with an ambitious vision: building the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper. Students are developing a car that cleans the environment as it drives. And one farmer has even dared to grow the Netherlands’ beloved tulips using organic methods.

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Programme Details

DURATION
1 x 60'
ORIGINAL BROADCASTER
NDR ARTE-01-01
AVAILABLE IN
HD